The Silent Hall of Fame uploaded a very nice print of Charlie Chaplin's "A Day’s Pleasure" (1919) to Archive.org. Compare it to the version on YouTube.
Here's the YouTube upload:
And Archive.org's copy is at the top of this post.
High quality video of Chaplin's "A Day's Pleasure" (1919)
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